Solutions Architect

PayNet (Payments Network Malaysia); Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

PayNet in Kuala Lumpur seeks a lead Enterprise Architect to own architecture across payment platforms, ensuring performance, security, resilience, and regulatory compliance. You will define and enforce architecture standards, drive modernization and technical debt reduction, and act as the final technical authority for consequential design decisions, guiding vendors and strategic integrations.

This role shapes national payment availability and trust through rigorous architectural judgment and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Extensive experience designing enterprise payment platforms.
• Strong architectural judgment with ability to balance performance, security, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience leading architectural reviews and vendor due diligence.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture decisions across the full system lifecycle for payment platforms.
• Define and enforce architecture standards, patterns, and guardrails.
• Lead due diligence for vendors and third-party integrations.
• Drive legacy modernization and technical debt reduction through structured roadmaps.
• Design for resilience, security, and observability as core concerns.

Skills

Architectural leadership

Performance and security awareness

Platform architecture

Vendor due diligence

Observability design

Regulatory alignment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

Kubernetes

API gateways

Job description

• National payments infrastructure with real economic and systemic impact
• Organisation entering a phase of greater scale, scrutiny, and performance expectations
• Technology function expected to shape outcomes, and sustainable transition without any operational risk

TL;DR

• Decide architecture trade‑offs across performance, security, resilience, and compliance
• Set and enforce architecture guardrails without relying on hierarchy
• Act as the final technical authority for consequential design decisions

Why This Role Matters

• Architecture decisions directly affect national payment availability and trust
• Weak architectural judgment creates regulatory, operational, and reputational risk
• Strong architecture enables safe transaction growth under peak load
• This role requires judgment over process and outcomes over activity

What You Will Actually Do

• Own architecture decisions across the full system lifecycle for payment platforms
• Define and enforce architecture standards, patterns, and guardrails
• Lead architectural due diligence for vendors and third‑party integrations
• Drive legacy modernisation and technical debt reduction through structured roadmaps
• Design for resilience, security, and observability as first‑class architecture concerns

Examples of This Role in Practice

• Blocking a design that meets functional needs but fails under national transaction peaks
• Leading architecture decisions for a live payment migration with zero customer impact
• Translating regulatory requirements into concrete, enforceable architecture patterns
• Challenging vendor proposals that compromise PayNet’s security or operability standardsi>

What Will Help You Succeed

• Ability to reason about failure modes, consistency trade‑offs, and operational risk
• Strong technical communication across engineers, executives, and regulators
• Comfort acting as the decisive technical voice without formal authority